Mott MacDonald launches first ever carbon cost books

Mott MacDonald, the global engineering, management and development
consultancy has launched the first ever price book to also contain
estimated values for CO2 emissions of construction activities.

This exciting new edition of the annual Hutchins UK Major Works
Building Blackbook sets a new standard in the construction
industry. This is the first construction price book to now include
an estimate of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions for all activities of
work, as well as retaining the accurate pricing that has made the
price book a definitive guide for all construction trades and
professions.

James Fiske, Head of Mott MacDonald’s Economic Research Unit
anticipates that the book will change the way that the industry
measures cost and CO2 emissions going forward. He said,
"Traditionally measured by separate teams, this publication will at
last give the industry the ability to produce cost estimates and
carbon footprints for design options at speed, with accurate
consistency."

Launched at the Carbon Show at London’s ExCel last week, the
arrival of the new carbon cost book marks an exciting time in the
industry. James explained, “By introducing carbon data into the
Blackbook, we can now quantify the environmental impacts of our
building decisions with greater ease. Building owners, operators
and businesses are being placed under pressure to reduce their CO2
impact. This CO2 measure is going to become increasingly
influential as we move into times of CO2 taxation and trading to
comply with the reduction agreed in the UK Climate Change
Act.”

Mott MacDonald has a successful track record spanning over the last
ten years advising on carbon markets and low carbon technologies
issues and applications. Examples of Mott MacDonald’s projects
include assisting in the development of new emission reduction
legislation in China and Eastern Europe, and the development of
green building guidelines in the Middle East. Most recently the
consultancy has been assisting ScottishPower’s carbon capture and
storage (CCS) team in the preparation of their submission to the UK
government as part of the UK post-combustion CCS demonstration
competition.